movies from another galaxy

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You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates : Werner Herzog

The director is simply the audience. So the terrible burden of the director is to take the place of that yawning vacuum, to be the audience and to select from what happens during the day which movement shall be a disaster and which a gala night. His job is to preside over accidents : Orson Welles

People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like watching television -- you don't feel anything : Andy Warhol

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that : Oliver Stone

If you can't believe a little in what you see on the screen, it's not worth wasting your time on cinema : Serge Daney

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake : Alfred Hitchcock

Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them, using not what they do, but what they are : Robert Bresson

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls : Ingmar Bergman

All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own importance : FrantOis Truffaut

Barrio Brawler is an interesting action film about martial arts and a story about two brothers who enter a fighting competition. Carlos Castillo is a sensei, a peaceful guy trying to find money to save his dojo from bankrupt and pay for the medications of his mother. He also wants to reconnect with his family again. He decides to find back his younger brother, Ricky who works under a mobster in his bar. Gangster Morales blackmails Ricky to force Carlos to enter his illegal pit fighting tournament as he recognizes his skills. Finally both brothers participate on this dangerous game in order to earn money. So this is a classic story without any special points and script. But the sequence is good, fighting parts are realistic and the cast is creative. After all it is a quite good production.

Friday, April 18, 2014

OMEGA is an ambitious stop motion short movie project produced by Eva Franz and Andy Goralczyk at the University of Arts and Design in Karlsruhe, Germany. The end of evolution awaits us in a wasteland dominated by bizarre trash formations, dust and rock. From the scattered remains of a long forgotten culture an electric ecosystem rapidly evolves into the ultimate form of existence...The mechanical life form Ohm inhabits a bleak and devastated planet. The thousands of mechanical creatures of this world share a single cycle of energy. In this cycle, Ohm is a rogue element. His nature is to devour and absorb others. When one day a gargantuan foreign object appears in the skies. Drawn in by mysterious creatures of light, the Ohm tracks them across the planet, changing the known order of matter, time and space.

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Elliot Brindle has a difficult day as he loses job and opportunity to take care of his younger brother who requires assistance for disabilities. He has to help also his racist father who lives alone and get ready for the arrival of a new member in his family with Shelby who tries to understand his problems. Until one day he receives an unknown call that informs him about the privileges of a special game where he has to execute 13 tasks in order to win such a fortune. The first tasks seem to be quite easy but as the game continues, things get complicated in a terrible way and Elliot finds out that he can't quit now because he will lose everything. Is he going to find the solution and win the bloody competition at last? This is a superb horror film, so strong in images, with amazing script and good performances that shall satisfy any thriller fan out there.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

This magnificent film from Russia delivers the story of the first human ever traveling in space, the legendary Yuri Gagarin. It is a beautiful story that finds a young boy staring at the stars and imagine himself going to space. He will follow his dream and join the air force academy instead of his father refusal. His wife's understanding will help him to reach his target and finally be the first candidate to enter the Vostok rocket. His kind character made him a loveable man who has been trusted by Sergei Pavlovich, the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer in the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union. The
actors do a magnificent job of capturing the raw emotion of that day
and present us with a story of all the people responsible for the first
flight into space. Particular regard is to be had for Yaroslav Zhalnin
who does a stellar job portraying the man himself. Recommended for fans of space exploration.

Friday, March 14, 2014

Zero is a genius scientist who tries to find a new power source into the lab of a college university. When he finally finds the solution and the miracle comes, he finds himself back to time and exactly when he was a teenager, full in love with Helena, the most beautiful girl in college. He tries to change the future and avoid public humiliation from her who left him furious for the rest of his life. But he complicates things more than he ever thought and his alter ego alongside with other characters from future built a surreal past where crazy situations come to reality. A great science fiction comedy from Brazil where Wagner Moura delivers an amazing performance and justifies his place as one of the best actors in Latin America.